"Little Ashby: Star Reporter" arrives just in time for Christmas and holiday season teaching kids compassion

In partnership with Nancy O'Dell, host of Entertainment Tonight, Siena releases this new entertaining and educational App series. End Quote

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA (1888PressRelease) December 07, 2012 - Siena Entertainment is excited to announce some great new Apps for the holiday season starting with the release of "Little Ashby: Star Reporter - Santa's Big Premiere." The Little Ashby series of interactive Apps was created for and in partnership with Nancy O'Dell,host of Entertainment Tonight.

Just in time for the Holiday comes the story of Little Ashby, the best cub reporter around, who must journey to the North Pole for Santa's Big Premiere on Christmas Eve. Along with her "FUNtastic" TV crew- Arty, Boomer, Cam, Mike, Padi and Shine - she must interview Santa and file a report on what the holiday spirit is all about!!

Here's a big reason Nancy wanted to create Little Ashby, "I always say the reason I love being a reporter is because I learn so much from the various people, places and events I have to cover. I want kids to have that same opportunity to travel the world while learning so much in the process. Little Ashby has all kinds of adventures planned, even going to the moon to learn about man's landing there!"

"We're thrilled to bring to life this terrific new series with Nancy O'Dell. We couldn't think of abetter way to begin our collaboration with Nancy than with Little Ashby. Kids everywhere will have fun reading the story and exploring the interactive features throughout the App. We look forward to many more Little Ashby assignments," says Nick Bonomo, CEO and Co-Founder of Siena Entertainment.

Also just released by Siena is "Laurie Berkner Sing and Send" karaoke app for kids. This App debuted as the #1 Kids Music App at iTunes! Laurie Berkner fans everywhere can sing along and video record themselves singing. They can even share their recorded videos with friends and family with the App's easy-to-use features. It comes pre-loaded with 3 great Laurie Berkner songs with additional song packs available soon.

Siena's "Hanukkah: Festival of Lights" storybook is the only Hanukkah storybook App featured on the App Store this holiday season.

Other holiday offerings by Siena Entertainment include Harry Connick, Jr's, "The Happy Elf"and a series of interactive Christmas music stories called SongBooks.

About Siena Entertainment:
With over 200 stories, games and music Apps available on Apple's App Store, GooglePlay and Amazon's App Store, Siena Entertainment is a leader in kids Apps through its StoryChimes branded Apps. StoryChimes Apps were created by two young business partners who, as fathers, were looking for a way to educationally entertain their kids while promoting a contemporary way to make reading fun. StoryChimes makes reading fun and interactive.

About Nancy O'Dell:
Named one of the 10 Most Bankable Stars in Syndication, Emmy Award-winning journalist Nancy O'Dell is host of the most watched entertainment news program in the world, Entertainment Tonight. In addition to her work with ET, O'Dell has contributed reports to "CBS This Morning, NBC's Today Show and "Dateline". She is also the author of three best-selling books, executive producer of HGTV's "Celebrities at Home", partner of Creative Memories with her own line of photo albums, and the face of RUSK professional hair care products. O'Dell serves as a National Vice President of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and is the ALS National Ambassador, as well as an international board member of Best Buddies.

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